Rome plans sterilization instead of shooting wild boars

Wild boar alert in Rome's suburban districts.

Italian media reported that the animals had multiplied rapidly in recent years and had become dangerous to the population.

A motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a wild boar over the weekend. The boar had unexpectedly crossed the road. The city administration is now planning countermeasures.

Immunocontraception as an alternative

The city plans to launch a campaign to sterilize ( immunocontraception ) the animals, reported the Rome daily newspaper "Il Messaggero" . Rome intends to follow the example of Barcelona and Hong Kong, which have faced similar difficulties.

Wild boars are a problem in several parts of Italy. Plans by the Tuscany region to kill 250,000 of the animals have sparked fierce protests in recent months. Environmentalists and a number of celebrities, including Italian television stars, artists, and intellectuals, have launched a campaign against the planned cull.

Tuscany: Mass shooting instead of a sustainable solution

The region's plan is to reduce the wild boar population in Tuscany from its current 420,000 to less than 150,000 within three years. Experts reported that Tuscany is currently forced to pay farmers €2.5 million annually in compensation for damage caused by wild boars. The number of animals in Tuscany is four times higher than the Italian average. This example demonstrates that recreational hunting is failing as a population control method – immunocontraception is the animal-friendly alternative.

Contro la semper più frequente presenza di cinghiali in città, the campidoglio starebbe vagliando the ipotesi di utilizare an "immunovaccino" , a farmaco che servirebbe alla sterilization of the cinghiali to ridurne drasticamente the moltiplication in città. «Stiamo affrontando the problematic relative to the presence of the cinghiali a Roma», affermano the president of the Ambiente Commission of Roma Daniele Diaco and the assessor of all'Ambiente Pinuccia Montanari. «It is worth the opportunity to use an immunovaccine with cingials. The intention is to apply the story to all our real cities, in a fine contrast to the criticism in the most subtle and rispettoso dei diritti degli animalsi. “Nei vari tavoli tecnici è emerso che la Regione Lazio ha acquired the competenze in materia ma, a fronte di queste, non possiede le adequate risorse umane ed economiche necessarie alla risoluzione del problema”.

The intervention arrived at 24 ore from the grave incident in Rome, which saw the death of a motorcyclist from 49 years old, with a safety net on Via Cassia, the Codacons were told by all the magistrates to accept the responsibility of the capitolin administration. «Chiediamo alla Procura di aprire una indagine sull'episodio verificando the responsabilità del Comune di Roma, dei vigili urbani e delle Guardie zoofile, alla luce delle possibili fattispecie di omissione di atti d'ufficio e concorso negli eventuali reati che saranno ravvisati, compreso il concorso in omicidio colposo», says President Carlo Rienzi. «The tempo infatti a Roma si segnala the presence crescente di cinghiali che scorrazzano per le strade della città, mettendo in serio pericolo l'incolumità dei cittadini. A fronte di tali denunce, il problema non è stato risolto, e la mancanza di interventi ha portato a tragico incidente di ieri».